4 days left before the xp2 rape (34)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-06 17:29 ID:D0Ok9IMr

http://www.ebcvg.com/articles.php?id=670
Starting next Tuesday, April 12, computers running Microsoft Windows XP without Service Packet 2 installed will not be able to block the upgrade.

wtf

2 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-06 17:30 ID:D0Ok9IMr

doh - I meant 6 days. Too upset to think straight.

3 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-06 17:33 ID:D0Ok9IMr

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42040.html
Organizations that still want to delay installing the update can disable Windows' automatic update facility, although this means they will miss out on any other updates released.

'k, I feel better now.

4 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-06 17:34 ID:D0Ok9IMr

...NOT.

5 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-06 18:25 ID:Heaven

Linux sounds more and more interesting.

6 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-06 19:54 ID:l6kQZ2uQ

This sounds like a good thing to me.

7 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-06 22:28 ID:D0Ok9IMr

I'm a rebel at heart. :P

8 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-07 08:09 ID:4DCutrgy

Blarg, screw backward compatibility. New versions all the way!! Like a good quantitative measure, bigger numbers > all. Higher bug counts? Bring 'em. Longer load times? Bring 'em. More crippled features nagging you to upgrade to pro/enterprise/platinum/what version? Bring 'em. Bwahahahaha. VIVA LA UPGRADE TREADMILL!!!!!111oneone

9 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-07 12:25 ID:Heaven

No mac users posted in this thread yet? Well, I am.

At least with OS X I can make sure it can't forcefully update.

10 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-07 21:24 ID:Heaven

11 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-07 23:47 ID:Heaven

Slashdot picks up every subject.
Slashdot is a old stinky whore.

12 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-08 00:24 ID:Heaven

>>9
I run Linux and like to use CVS snapshots and nightly builds as much as possible. But I, too, have the option of not updating unless I feel like it.

13 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-08 03:16 ID:D0Ok9IMr

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783789,00.asp
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced plans to release eight security bulletins on April 12, including critical fixes for flaws in several widely deployed applications.

lol

14 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-08 16:29 ID:RUbIBTo9

>>9

Software Update keeps attempting to force me to install the 'iPod Updater.' I don't even own one.

15 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-09 02:23 ID:CiSzcj1P

>>14

Select the update and look for the option in one of the menus that makes SU ignore it.

16 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-09 21:40 ID:+4OOhjSq

>>14
I found it was easier to just install the damned thing rather than fiddle with ignoring each new update as it came out. The download wastes bandwidth, but much of the software is already in OS X anyway so it's not taking up too much additional drive space, only updating existing cruft.

17 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-10 12:40 ID:QnkHFioC

I never liked being forced to updating, so I turned off the function right after installing my OS. SP2 will not be installed here, I disapprove of it!

18 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-13 14:16 ID:C4mkglG/

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securityadvisories/a/aamsbull405.htm
What are the updates, and links to patches' download sites for manual installation.

19 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-14 06:39 ID:Heaven

>>15

Thanks.

20 Name: Haruko!Nry2s/j0uk 2005-04-14 08:03 ID:NMH7EUAi

I'm so glad that I keep automatic update turned off. The last time I installed SP2 it broke my machine, It is not getting another chance.

21 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-15 17:02 ID:I+1uUNn3

Ah crap, I find myself banned from several jp websites for "using a proxy" after installing the "critical" patches. I use no proxy!
'Gonna uninstall them one by one.

22 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-15 17:22 ID:I+1uUNn3

No change... still banned. Maybe a coincidence.

23 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-25 06:34 ID:QBKT+6Zp

>>22
Maybe...

  • you went to their website after you installed the "critical" patches
  • Website admin detected you using a proxy and takes note of your real IP (maybe you were detected as using a non-anonymous proxy)
  • admin bans your real IP
  • you uninstall patches
  • you still find yourself banned

</tinfoilhat>

24 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-26 03:48 ID:Heaven

Nah... I have reinstalled all the patches since and I can surf fine. I suspect a spammer used my IP once. One of the 2 sites that banned me has unbanned me without me asking anything - prolly a temporary ban. The other site still has me banned - I could always ask the webmaster to be unbanned, but it's not like a very important site.
Plus, it's useful. I'm using it now as a test bed for playing with proxies. And gee, do proxies suck. Most of the time they are slow and time out a lot. And they often don't last long. One has to get a new one - and thus testing it for workability all over again - every day.

25 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-04-26 12:15 ID:tJofk6Hn

>>24

This is probably because most proxies are actually zombie machines.

26 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-04-26 18:03 ID:Heaven

Yeah... imagine how much more spam we would be getting if those zombies were efficient! *brr**

27 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-04-29 06:26 ID:+4OOhjSq

On the Undernet there are no proxies.

28 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-05-02 13:26 ID:PD6F080G

thanks god i dont use Crap XP

29 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-09-28 03:17 ID:42TvzySe

Win2K > Win NT
Win NT > Win 98SE
Win 98 SE > Win ME
Win ME > XP

srsly

30 Name: cyrilthefish!ljAhqzG3aU 2005-09-28 03:55 ID:IkT1FRMd

>>29

interesting, i woldn't put them in that order myself. certainly XP does not deserve to be below win98, it's just win2k with extra prettyness...

i'd do it this way, though with win2k/xp allmost the same level :S
dons tin-foil hat

w2k > XP just
XP > NT
NT > w98se
w98se > WinME

NT and win98 are hard to place, NT can be a right pain in the arse and is prone to 'requiring random re-installs of the service packs' to keep it going... Win98 is more user frienly but memory-leaks itself to death with amazing speed usually :/

31 Name: cyrilthefish!ljAhqzG3aU 2005-09-28 04:00 ID:IkT1FRMd

and as wor WinME thats just a case of taking windows 98 and raping it it o.O

quite amazing that they found a fairly unstable OS and MADE IT WORSE, but sold it well :P

32 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-09-28 11:07 ID:Heaven

>>29 is DQN

33 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-09-28 15:18 ID:Heaven

> certainly XP does not deserve to be below win98

some people avoid XP because of the "product activation", and things like >>1

34 Name: 404 - Name Not Found 2005-09-29 08:30 ID:Heaven

i love you, win2k

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